Daughter of Elijah Argo and Leah Sammons
Born 23 Sep 1833 in [Kent Co.], Delaware
Died 29 Jan 1919 in West Dover Hundred, Kent Co., Delaware

Married ca. 1852 in [Kent Co.], Delaware to Greenbury Beckett
Born ca. 1813 in Delaware

To them were born:

Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Spouse/Partner
George Beckett	M	ca. 1853	before 1870	.
Elijah H Beckett	M	13 Mar 1855	13 Oct 1929	.
Peter Herman Beckett	M	14 Mar 1857	10 Nov 1942	Mary Etta Reed

Married ca. 1880 in [New Jersey] to Josiah N Pierce
Born May 1822 in New Jersey

No children

Hester's age in the census records: in 1850, age 17; in 1860, age 25; in 1870, age 35; in 1880, age 47; in 1900, age 68 (b. Sep 1831); in 1910, missing.
Hester appears under the surname Hargrove in the 1850 census.
Hester appears under the name Esther in the 1870 census.
In 1900 Hester was reported to be the mother of 3 children, of which 2 were alive.
Hester was buried in Manship Cemetery, Cheswold, Delaware.

1850 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Kent Co., Duck Creek Hundred, Page 51 verso, 709-716, 05 Sep 1850
1860 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Kent Co., Dover Hundred, Page No. 64 [=64], 431-427, 08 Jun 1860
1870 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Kent Co., Dover Hundred, Page No. 81 [=261], 566-560, 07 Jul 1870
1880 - U.S. Census, New Jersey, Cumberland Co., Bridgeton, Ward 1, E.D. 74, Page No. 29 [=138A], 370-381, 16 Jun 1880
1900 - U.S. Census, New Jersey, Cumberland Co., Fairfield Twp., E.D. 130, Sheet No. 19A [=247A], 417-427, 20 Jun 1900